Reading over this thread brought an ancient incident in my life to mind...
Back in my H.S. days (when the mastadons roamed the earth), we had a weekly roleplay/wargaming club. Now admittedly we had our share of bad apples (and I bent the rules myself on more than one occasion
), but this one incident stuck in my mind. We were playing one of the spin-off games made by the same folks as Axis and Allies - I think it was
Fortress America or something like that, anyways it was a four-player game, the rest of the world attepting to conquer the US of A (kinda like Red Dawn). This time around, I was one of the invaders (South America I think?). Anyways, the guy who played America beat the three of us, hands down. But when he re-conquered the Last territory in America and won the game, we didn't begrudge him the win - in fact, the four of us, completely spontaneously, actually started to hum, and then ended up singing the final verse to, the Star-Spangled Banner.
Yeah, it's nationalistic and sappy, but who cares?
EDIT - BTW, Mathias, nice avatar. I wonder what your caffeine rating in the SEIV Code is?
[ June 17, 2003, 01:49: Message edited by: General Woundwort ]